In Singapore, the average monthly household income from work per household member for the bottom 10% with the lowest income this year is SGD$310 (USD$211.33). This represents approximately 459,000 Singaporeans. (PDF via Singstats)
At the same time Singaporeans have donated at least $23 million for the tragedies in Myanmar and China. (PDF via New Creation)
Turns out whilst the government do not believe in handouts, her citizens do.
Turns out our local media still has a important niche to fill. And it is not just for poverty issues.
Turns out whilst the Straits Times is still trying to figure out how stay viable in the digital age, the answer can be summarized in 2 words - Go local.
It’s a simple idea.
The challenge then is to find areas where the news is localized enough to interest people but still big enough to matter.
Stomp sounds like that answer. It’s not.
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Hahaha… I NEVER donate to beggars. I only donate to workers. Buskers with hearing impairments, missing body parts and zero eyesight etc are WORKERS. They’re all like us, or more so we’re all like them. We’re just lucky our disabilites are unseen.
“Hahaha… I NEVER donate to beggars. I only donate to workers. Buskers with hearing impairments, missing body parts and zero eyesight etc are WORKERS. They’re all like us, or more so we’re all like them. We’re just lucky our disabilites are unseen.”
I think you are right on about this. Let the beggar work and then we can start to get the system back on path.
In the U.S we have what are referred to as the “working poor”. I guess it is all relative, though.